Both Parties.

staffers who went into the cookie jar and did searches on the Clinton data base.

He didn't because he respected the DNC, he didn't want to repeat 2001 and have the left be blamed for not enough votes.

If he changed his mind, I would still support him. Because of where he stands on issues and policies. And I like him more.

He is not an idiot. He is a smart guy and knows the consequences to the people of a selfish action like that.

why Bernie ran as a democrat. That it was a pretty good reason for all of us, not just Bernie.

And unlike DU any of the potential nominees will support and most likely vote for the nominee.

DU is just a special place...

number of votes he will have in the primary. I think Hillary will defend herself when needed but will be pushing her agenda. Whining will not give the "exposure" Sanders has been whining, guess whining is more important than his agenda. We need a leader as president.

Bernie will be on offense

I would not be surprised if he isn't ask about the data violations. He is the head of his campaign or at least should be.

But it won't move the needle when it comes to the general population. It won't have any traction come Monday as folks go into pre-holiday work blitzes. And it won't survive into the new year to be a part of things.

It'll fire up his supporters to be sure, however. But they were already fired up. At some point they have to come crashing down.

Then we will settle down and get to work.

and Sanders, before they even consider whatever he wants to impart.

I'm less than impressed that he'd try and deflect from his own campaign's misconduct by making this an issue now in the debate when this has been going on for months and months. It will look self-serving and makes a dubious equalization between a transgression by the Sanders campaign already in evidence, and what amounts to little more than political jousting by the DNC, however offensive, unfair, or biased.

Two emotions Hillary will stay clear of. "Your party sucks" isn't a good primary campaign strategy.

&quot P)eople familiar with his plans".

IIRC they penned a similar piece about Clinton last night. Not worth the time to look it up.

he will simply prove that he is not the candidate to take up the mantle of the leader of the Democratic Party.

We haven't heard a peep from him yet about that DataGate thing. Certainly he'll have to say something tonight. He could bluster about it and claim victimhood, of course. Or, he could say his staff did a bad thing and will answer for it. Were I him, I'd do the latter thing, frankly. If he blusters, he's going to hand Clinton another polling bump. If he doesn't, he probably won't lose any ground.

If he blusters, O'Malley will get a bump, too, from those who are unhappy with the data incursion but who don't like Clinton.

Viewers who take the time to tune into this debate are surely interested in hearing from the candidates. Most will have watched the other two debates, too. They're serious about this election. They'll tune in and listen.

What Sanders does, and how he approaches the question of the day will affect the next round of polls. That's for sure. I'm betting he's sweating a bit today as he prepares to take the stage. His silence is interesting. We'll know what he decides tonight, and it may well determine the results in Iowa and New Hampshire, states he desperately needs if he is planning to continue his campaign.

I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't be watching tonight, to be quite frank. It could be a turning point in the race.

It's hard to say what will happen, but if he does go after the DNC the he is listening to some very bad advice from someone in his campaign. If he starts going negative, playing the "victim" card on this issue, he will be in trouble. He should have come on when he first heard about the breach and took care of it then. He missed that window, and bringing it up at the debate, or trying to put the blame on others for his staffs screw up won't come off as being a leader.